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There are actually little breather things in the boot to stop that happening. Under the carpet and I think behind the trim on the left hand side as you look into the car. Think there's one either side in the arches. May be worth trying to find them to see if they've been blocked by something.

I've got myself a UK oil cooler and I understand from searching that I can do a straight swap for my current import one. The only question I have is how much oil will I lose? If there's a pressure switch I'm assuming I'll only lose the contents of the current cooler, then top up after the change? Don't want to do a full change as it's been less than a 1k miles since I changed it.

do a search, there was a few discussions about these about a month or two ago

here you go, they're a bit grainy as I've had to up the brightness, couldn't be bothered to take the car out the garage

mine was like that when I got it. I'll take another pic for you now as I have no rear wiper either.

call from work at 7am... been awake since (that's proper 7am/6am!)

wasn't the best of weather but thought I'd take a few pics to show off my new wheels :hyper: They're very similar to my old ones, but now 18" instead of 17"

I think it depends on how bronze the rest of your glass is. I replaced mine with a UK one and though the front is obviously blue, the rest of the glass has no tint at all so it looks just fine :D Just about to post a few pics in the General area if you want to see

Thanks Paul & Smithy for your hard work, looking forward to fitting mine. How long did it take Paul? Minus the trip to get replacement belt of course ;) I can then double that time for me :rofl:

good luck!

interested :D, talk to you about it in the week

Nice vids, but Pete, please follow this link and disable the speed warning chime. It'll take you 10 mins! :rofl: http://www.aus300zxclub.com/tech/Alarm.htm (taken from AndyP's site)

search for my posts too, I did it not long ago and posted a few pics ater

Aye - looking forward to being there

undo the screw that holds them on, then they slide out ;)

Hopefully coming along to this if someone puts a map up ;)

why?

sounds like you want the turbos spooling earlier, in which case what you should really try before sinking pots of cash into the engine are Manifolds & Split Downpipes (greg dupree - see Smithy) UD pulley lighter flywheel lighter 1-piece driveshaft. That'll shift everything to the left nicely, then to make it go up you'll be wanting injectors and i/c's so you can up the boost by a few more psi :D

hi Russ, I think the main thing is for you to decide what you want (responsiveness from the sound of it) and how much peak power you'll go for without sacrificing the low end grunt. Once you get that figure people can guide as to what parts of the engine will need to be strenghtened, and what Mods you shuld be thinking of to get the best result. Don't know why you'd want NOS low down in the power range as that's usually used for anti-lag when using huge turbo's, which it doesn't sound like you want You'll still need the supporting mods though like big intercoolers, bigger injectors, bigger rad, oil cooler etc. Then decide on your turbo's, something like PE1420 (good spoolup, 500+hp) and maybe cams. Not really sure on cams as they usually sacrifice low end for top end, but I think you can get them the other way round too. Sure I've missed loads of things but it's a start. Why are you thinking of a rebuild? Has something gone POP!

Looks great, looking forward to putting mine on

Does this mean I need new o-rings when I take mine off to paint it?

personally I'd go for smooth, then smooth the bottom of the door and get an aftermarket rear bumper!! But that's why I still haven't resprayed mine as it's going to cost a bit, and I keep spending money on other mods....

It makes sense as instead of more power at the peak, it frees up power throughout the rev range, so you feel it more. Same as de-cat pipes don't give you much more power but because they help spool-up they make the car feel quicker.

All depends on the offset of the alloy, some pepole get rubbing with 265 while others have no problems with 285.

i think it's 6 months